What are the educational needs of bilingual children? What methods can be deployed to develop their education? And - most important of all - how can their bilinguality be an asset in the classroom?
Applying theory and research findings to classroom practice, Bilinguality and Literacy demonstrates how bilingual children can benefit from a sensitive, informed and challenging education. With plentiful case studies and examples of children's work, this rich and optimistic text shows how children's bilinguality provides opportunities for the development of literacy throughout the curriculum.
The book includes contributions by Maggie Ross, Li Wei, Peter Cunningham, Ian Menter, and Azar Sheibani, together with a foreword by Colin Baker.
Foreword viii Colin Baker Acknowledgments xi Notes on authors xii My story: an introduction 1(13) Manjula Datta Bilinguality, literacy and principles 14(24) Manjula Datta Bilinguality and making Learning possible in the early years 38(20) Maggie Ross Bilingual readers 58(35) Manjula Datta aami ekta bhooteir golpo likhba 93(43) Manjula Datta Bilinguality, imagination and literature 136(40) Manjula Datta Extending schools: bilingual development of Chinese children in Britain 176(14) Li Wei Bilingual children: Whole-school policy and practice 190(19) Peter Curtningham Safe at last? Refugee children in primary schools 209(19) Ian Menter Peter Cunningham Azar Sheibani Developing fluency: a conclusion 228(27) Manjula Datta References 255(10) Childrens books 265(2) Index 267
